Archive for June, 2008

Oops, wrong anthem!

There were red faces galore the other night at the Swiss TV channel SRG during the Germany-Austria Euro 2008 match. Someone had the bright idea of subtitling the national anthems. Unfortunately, that someone was using an outdated lyric book, as the German anthem came with the words, “Deutschland, Deutschland Uber alles… (Germany over all)”. Yep, [...]

Tip of the week: Superbus

Superbus – Heart of Glass – Live -Generation 80Uploaded by Channel_Zero

A perfect pop band (Superbus) playing a perfect pop tune (“Heart of Glass”). It doesn’t get much better than this on a rainy Friday. But what about the words?

US army remembers that some of its sons are daughters

My, my how times change. This item covered in journals such as Forbes and the International Herald Tribune, no less, is an indication of two things. The first is the importance of words. The second is the increasing number of women in armies around the world. The story they are covering is the announcement of [...]